Dale's Auto Restoration And Performance

Hello, my name is Darryl and I am writing a review on behalf of my mother who chose to trust Dales Auto Restoration service with completing some work on her car. About 4 years ago my mother took her 1969 Ford Torino GT fast back to Dales Auto Restoration and got some body and paint work done. After the work was done my mother received her car back and she was so happy that she didn't think to do a walk around. Well being a car enthusiast and having experience with cars, I finally got to see my mothers car for the first time. I immediately noticed so many imperfections that it was crazy. I found that there was paint drips inside of the the paint on the driver door panel, the gapping is off in many places to include the doors and the hood is bowed up. I noticed that there is chipping and rus

Dale is an honest business person and professional. The few negative reviews of his work are a reflection of the people who wrote the reviews. Some people would complain if their ice cream was cold. There are a couple of things people should know about auto restoration before considering having a car restored. 1) The restoration shows on television are scripted - they are not even remotely accurate when it comes to time tables and costs. No one can restore a car in a few weeks for $20,000. 2) Restored cars are still old cars - they are not the virtually maintenance free vehicles that are being produced today. Old cars ride, drive and perform in accordance with the technology of their day. It is extremely expensive to try and make an old car perform the way modern cars do.

I had a 1969 Ford Torino painted and seats redone about 4 years ago. The worst job I've ever had done and it cost $30,000. The trim wasn't taken off, painted around it and paint on the edges of the chrome trim. Many drips at the bottom of the driver door. I cried the day it was brought to me in TN from ND. I was so disappointed that I only drove it twice and gave it to my son. He's going to get it repainted.

They tried to quote me for $1,300 to redo the lower seals on my window. I went to 4 separate shops and they ALL quoted me for $600 or less. Parts labor and everything. Dales is a low grade scam. They bump their prices wayyyy too high for the same quality of work as everyone else in town, if not worse. Do NOT go through them I heavily recommend almost any other body shop.specifically I’d recommend memory lane in Mandan. Very high quality work with a very very fair pricing scale. Again dales is GREEDY AND SHODDY. EDIT: the fact remains you tried to rip me off. For the seal set it is total $114,99 and you told me it was well over $600 in parts alone. You’re a two bit scam artist and I don’t want anyone else to get ripped off

Very good service. Nice shop that doesn't have to put up a fancy building just concentrates on restoring nice cars.